Buhay Party-List

Buhay Hayaan Yumabong (transl. Let Life Prosper), more popularly known as Buhay Party-List, is a party-list group in the Philippines founded on October 20, 1999, by Lito Atienza, Melquiades Robles, and El Shaddai founder Mike Velarde.[1][2] A "pro-life" (anti-abortion) party-list, Buhay is known for its staunch opposition to abortion and birth control in its advocacy for the sanctity of life.[3] The party-list is also known for opposing the death penalty, divorce, same sex marriage, and euthanasia.[4]

Buhay Hayaan Yumabong
IdeologyAnti-abortion
Christian right
Political positionRight-wing
ColorsGreen
Seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
0 / 316
House of Representatives party-list seats
0 / 63

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives, the party-list group won 705,730 votes (5.55% of the nationwide party-list vote), equivalent to two seats.[5][6] In 2007, the party won three seats in the nationwide party-list vote. In the 2010 elections, Buhay again won three seats, and ranked third overall.

In 2022, Buhay Party List lost their re-election bid after garnering only 103,077 votes, failing to win a single seat for the first time since their founding.[7]

Electoral performance
ElectionVotes %SeatsMember
2001290,7601.92%2Christian Señeres
Rene Velarde
2004705,7305.55%2Christian Señeres
Rene Velarde
20071,169,2347.33%3Ma. Carissa Coscolluela
Irwin Tieng
Rene Velarde
20101,249,5554.19%2Mike Velarde, Jr.
Irwin Tieng
20131,255,8084.62%3Mike Velarde, Jr.
Lito Atienza
Irwin Tieng
2016760,9122.35%2Mike Velarde, Jr.
Lito Atienza
2019361,4931.30%1Lito Atienza
2022103,0770.28%0N/A (19th Congress)

References
  1. "Buhay Partylist – Buhay Hayaan Yumabong". Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  2. "Party founded by Bro. Mike tops party-list race". ABS-CBN News.
  3. "Did Buhay party champion other interests?". ABS-CBN News.
  4. Lebumfacil, Marigold. "Buhay Party-list to give pro-life advocates voice in Congress". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
  5. Congress, Congress
  6. Comelec Archived 2007-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Bayan Muna, Buhay, 9 others lose reelection bids in 2022 party-list race". Rappler. 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
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